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Monetary and Peytona Vein

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044311
MRDS ID M231708
Record type Site
Current site name Monetary and Peytona Vein
Alternate or previous names W. Delonais Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25757, 38.66494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF MOREY TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 051E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE SHOOTS REPORTED TO ASSAY $50/TON ACROSS 18 INCHES (1950)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25757, 38.66494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description An East-West Trending Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS FOLLOW 2 PARALLEL VEINS 300 FT APART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS TOTALING 600 FT.

Comments on development

  • LESSEES WORKED THE PROPERTY DURING 1939-1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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